The trouble with turning a blind eye is that people often take the opportunity to punch you in the face. - Ben Aaronovitch

Gaston did betray an abstracted quality that might have been the result of magic. But was more likely down to consuming, I suspected, a tremendous amount of recreational chemicals.

Nobody had a clue what had happened, so the pundits were out in force, explaining how the riot was caused by whatever sociopolitical factor their latest book was pushing. It was certainly a searing indictment of some aspect of modern society—if only we knew what.

Dedication: This book is dedicated to all the people whose job it is to rush into danger when everybody else is running in the other direction.